Moon Over Manifest Society and Class Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

"Around here, whoever owns the mine pretty much owns the town. Everybody has to come crawling to him, his mine, his company store. And believe me, with his wages and his prices, he makes sure you stay on your knees." (9.36)

Ugh. Talk about downtrodden. Devin is able to really keep these people low on the totem poll. Why do you think they haven't fought back yet?